Adding texture

- A hallmark of painting is the appearance…of the canvas' weave.…This texture can be manifested…as a slight three dimensional surface…with highlights and shadows,…or it can be made visible by light brush strokes…which apply color only to the top surface…of the canvas weave.…When this technique is used…the existing underlying color,…and lightly applied color reveal the canvas texture.…This result is a fine pattern which creates high detail,…this in turn attracts the viewer's eye…and, as such, directs the viewer's attention.…

This then, is another technique…for directing the viewer's eye…to the subject area of a composition.…Let's apply this technique to our still life.…So far we've got our under painting layer…and I've started to put in some detail.…Now I want to actually add a little more detail in here…and we're going to actually kill two birds with one stone…when we do this.…By adding the appearance of canvas weave…it's going to remind the brain that…"Oh, this medium I'm looking at is a painting".…

And the second thing it's going to do…

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11/25/2015

Learn to paint on a digital canvas with the original digital painting software: Painter. Our Painter training helps you get creative ideas out of your head and into the computer. John Derry, one of the original Corel Painter authors, teaches the essential tools and techniques you need to create stunning works of digital art in Painter 2016.

First, learn the basics of painting on a computer, and see how to customize your Painter preferences, tablet and pen, and palettes, so they work best for you. John then shows how to mix and manage color; draw with hard media such as pencils and chalk; ink lines; color with markers; and wield Painter's expressive bristles and brushes. He also shows how to paint with special media such as watercolor brushes, clone areas of paintings, and troubleshoot Painter pitfalls.